Buechner v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by Daniel Buechner and wife against the city of New Orleans to recover damages for personal injuries. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiffs sued the defendant to recover the sum of $15,160, damages for personal injuries suffered by their minor son, Albert, and sustained by them by reason of his death, alleged to have been occasioned by his falling through a hole in a defective bridge over the Mobile Street Canal. Plaintiffs alleged that they and their son were without fault.
The defendant is charged with negligence in not keeping the bridge in a-safe condition, and especially in permitting a dangerous hole in one of the passageways to remain open for some time.
The defendant pleaded the general issue.
The ease was tried,…
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